Conference will be aware that Emergency Resolution 10 regarding Day Crew Plus and Close Proximity Crewing type systems was passed unanimously at Conference in May 2011. The resolution demanded that...
This Conference abhors and condemns Israel’s attacks on Gaza in July and August 2014, which killed over 2,000 people, damaged or destroyed thousands of buildings, and further compounded misery in an...
Conference notes the proposal to merge Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Services into a single service. The FBU has previous experience of Fire Service mergers, including the merger which resulted...
Conference notes with concern, the increasing evidence that human activity climate change caused by global warming is already affecting the world’s weather patterns, which in turn is pushing up the...
Conference demands that the Executive Council take steps to address issues related to partial performance. To this end Conference calls upon the Executive Council to: a. ensure that discussions are...
1. Introduction It has long been the aim of the Fire Brigades Union to organise all those workers within our sector. However, this immediately raises the question how we define the sector. For many...
Conference has previously agreed that the rules relating to canvassing in elections should be reviewed. Previous consideration of the issue of canvassing has identified a number of problems in...
LGBT members are disturbed by the activities of many Fire Services in their intrusive activities around monitoring employee’s use of social media, particularly when not at work. LGBT members believe...
Conference applauds the Living Wage Campaign and supports the work of the TUC, STUC, Trade unions, campaigners and The Living Wage Foundation in persuading employers to implement the Living Wage...
Conference notes with concern the use of peer reviews in the audit and validation process and the potential for imbalances of standards across the whole of the United Kingdom Fire and Rescue Service...
